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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Person hit, killed by vehicle on Lake Shore Drive near Museum Campus

A person was fatally struck by a vehicle Feb. 1, 2020, on Lakeshore Drive near Museum Campus. | Sam Kelly/Sun-Times

A person was killed after being hit by a vehicle Saturday on Lake Shore Drive near the Museum Campus.

He was trying to cross traffic when they were hit about 7:45 p.m. in the northbound lanes near McFetridge Drive, Chicago police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with “severe head trauma” and pronounced dead.

Although the man remains unidentified, and autopsy conducted Sunday confirmed he died from his injuries, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. His death as been ruled an accident.

No one is in custody, and the driver of the vehicle wasn’t cited, police said.

Chicago police’s Major Accidents Unit is investigating.

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